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Why Small Navies Prefer Warfighting over Counter-Piracy

2020-11-02 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Spectrum of operations

Small navies face hard choices when forced to prioritize between tasks. This article uses Denmark’s counter-piracy effort in 2008-15 as a lens into the problem.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Denmark

A look at the Baltic Fleet and the defense of Kaliningrad

2020-04-06 By Anders Puck Nielsen 1 Comment

Boikiy

Kaliningrad is a military stronghold in the Baltic Sea. It is also an interesting case of Russia’s joint approach to defense under the leadership of the Baltic Fleet. Here is a quick overview.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Russia, United Kingdom

Russia’s A2/AD strategy is a myth

2019-09-09 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

A2/AD threat rings

It is time to let go of the idea of impenetrable A2/AD bubbles. Russia does not have the technical capabilities to do it, and politically it is hard to see why they would even want to. We need to start thinking about Russia’s missiles as a layered defense system instead. That is the point of this conference paper.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: NATO, Russia

Militarization in the Baltic and the Arctic compared: The Arctic is the dangerous place

2019-05-24 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Borei class

The Arctic will not be a peaceful exception in a militarized world. In this post I compare the security situation in the Baltic and the Arctic. Both regions are militarized these days, but in very different ways. The most dangerous dynamics are in the Arctic, and it will get worse in the coming years.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics, Nuclear weapons Tagged With: Arctic, NATO, Russia, USA, Weapons of Mass Destruction

Update on Russia’s weapon development programs

2019-04-08 By Anders Puck Nielsen 2 Comments

Okhotnik UAV

Russia has some impressive new weapons under development, but many of the projects have been struck by problems and delays. Here is an overview of how things are going with the most spectacular programs.

Filed Under: Air Force, Army, Navy Tagged With: Russia

Why does Russia break the INF Treaty?

2018-11-05 By Anders Puck Nielsen 1 Comment

Iskander-K launcher

Before the INF Treaty collapses, it is worth pondering why Russia is building a missile that breaks it. I argue that it is because they want a conventional missile akin to Tomahawk. It is silly if we turn this into a nuclear race.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics, Nuclear weapons Tagged With: NATO, Russia, USA, Weapons of Mass Destruction

Russia’s new Karakurt-class corvette is an aggressive little warship

2018-10-03 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Karakurt-Class

Russia’s new Karakurt-class corvette is a potent warship for littoral warfare. It has many improvements over the Buyan-M class and is still equipped with nuclear capable Kalibr missiles.

Filed Under: Navy Tagged With: Baltic Fleet, Russia

Book Review: The Long Hangover — Putin’s New Russia and the Ghosts of the Past

2018-08-27 By Anders Puck Nielsen 1 Comment

The Long Hangover

Shaun Walker has written an excellent book about modern Russian history, identity creation after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the almost fetishized obsession with the World War II victory.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Book review, Russia

Bulava missile now operational — a closer look at Russia’s new SLBM

2018-07-20 By Anders Puck Nielsen Leave a Comment

Borei class

The Bulava missile is Russia’s new submarine-launched ballistic missile. I have taken a closer look at the history and capabilities of the missile upon the announcement that it has now reached operational status.

Filed Under: Nuclear weapons Tagged With: Russia

Russia’s military budget has nothing to do with the GDP of Spain

2018-06-04 By Anders Puck Nielsen 1 Comment

Defense spending (PPP)

An often used reference to the GDP of Spain says nothing about Russia’s military potential. Instead, Russia’s defense budget gives them the same purchasing power as Germany, France, and the United Kingdom combined.

Filed Under: Military strategy and politics Tagged With: Germany, NATO, Russia, United Kingdom

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Gerasimov on the characteristics of modern warfare

An analysis of general Gerasimov’s speech to the military academic community in March 2018. The speech confirms Gerasimov’s earlier statements about the nature of modern warfare. There is a clear focus on conventional military capabilities which is interesting considering president Putin’s dramatic talk about nuclear weapons earlier this month.

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